The Economist (US), September 2nd, 1995
ROBERT E. LEE. By Emory Thomas. W.W. Norton; 472 pages; $30
TOO good to be true. It is hard to avoid using that sceptical epithet about Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy's greatest commander-- and man. It is easy to admire, respect and even revere him for what he did against all the odds and when he was under the stress and burden of adversity. But that is as far as the emotions stretch. Always stoical, restrained and dignified, he rides through history aloof from the common host of men with their patent frailties.
Three obstacles stand in the way of understanding Lee. First, the efforts of s...
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